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user1562657

Reputation: 11

Exclude referral in GA doesn't work

I've added a filter in Google Analytics to exclude traffic from our internal service, which shows in source as "localhost:4444". {Custom filter, Exclude, Filter field = Referral, Filter Pattern = localhost:4444, Case sensitive = No}

However, when I view Traffic Source -> Referrals, localhost:4444 is still showing up as 1 of the source. I thought it should be excluded.

Is this a bug from GA? or did I do something wrong?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1576

Answers (2)

Pat Assad
Pat Assad

Reputation: 21

I had exactly the same problem. Here's what you need to do:

  • Google Analytics Admin > Filters
  • New filter
  • Call it "Exclude Localhost" or whatever you want
  • Filter type > Custom
  • Filter field > Campaign source (I know, this doesn't really make sense)
  • Filter pattern > localhost* (don't forget the asterisk - this will filter out all localhost traffic)
  • Verify the filter - if you had any traffic to speak of, it will show up here.
  • Save

All done! You are good to go!

Upvotes: 2

Luck
Luck

Reputation: 269

Profile filters will only affect data going forward, not existing data. If you're trying to filter existing data, make an advanced segment to exclude "Source" containing localhost:4444.

You can also try adding regular expressions to your filter to widen your net and hopefully catch the source. Try changing Filter Pattern to .*localhost:4444.* instead.

Upvotes: 1

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